Co-introduced the “Maternal Health Care Improvement and Expansion Act of 2019” which requires individual or group health plans and health insurance coverage through Medicaid or the D.C. Healthcare Alliance program to cover at least two postpartum healthcare visits, home visits, fertility preservation services, and transportation stipends for travel to and from prenatal and postpartum visits. It also requires Medicaid to provide coverage for pregnant District residents that meet income eligibility requirements for one year postpartum. Among other things it establishes a Center on Maternal Health and Wellness.

Introduced and passed the Child Safety and Well-Being Ombudsperson Establishment Act of 2019, which creates an independent advocate for children and families in DC's child welfare services. 

Co-introduced the Adverse Childhood Experience Prevention Pilot Program Amendment Act of 2020 which would create an Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Pilot Program to provide access to trauma-informed family supports for families with young children exposed to violence as well as supports for staff engaged in violence response and interruption efforts.

Co-introduced the Improved Coordination of Mental Health Care for System Involved Youth Act of 2019 which would establish a program to improve coordination of mental health care for system-involved youth.

Supported increased funding to reform school-based mental health supports. 

I’ve been a consistent advocate for the Birth-to-Three for All DC Act, which expands access to critical educational, social, and health services to parents through home visitation, phone-based counseling, and at pediatrician offices.

• In the FY2020 budget, I was able to shift $2.4 million to pay for Birth-to-Three child development facilities by reducing the Qualified High Technology Company tax credit.

Co-introduced, passed, and funded the Close Relative Caregiver Subsidy Pilot, expanding the Grandparent Caregiver Subsidy Program to include other relatives of a child, including siblings, aunts, and uncles.

Introduced the Equal Access to Changing Tables Amendment Act of 2019, which ensures adequate diaper changing facilities in restrooms regardless of gender. 

Introduced and funded the Leverage for Our Future Act of 2019, which supports home visiting services to first-time mothers. 

Held a Public Oversight Roundtable on Home Visiting Services for new and expectant mothers. 

Amended the Foster-Parent Training Regulation Amendment Act to include in-service training for foster parents providing care to youth with special needs.

Introduced the Child Neglect and Sex Trafficking Emergency Amendment Act of 2018. 

Introduced a bill to expand access to Department of Health (DOH) home visiting services. These services provide new parents and children with health and development support to foster an environment for children (birth to age three) that starts them on the road to a positive and healthy life.

• Reforms added $2.2 million to DC TANF for family assistance.
   

• DC’s new paid leave gives eight weeks of paid leave for new parents, six weeks to care for a sick family member, and two weeks for personal medical issues.